GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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WordMeaning
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
exhortto incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
mustyimpaired by damp or mildew : moldy